Top vehicles for longevity

[rottidawg]

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a28278/top-cars-to-make-it-over-200000-miles/?src=socialflow...

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APT wrote:
GM Full sized SUVs (Tahoe/Suburban/Yukon/XL) 14% of vehicles over 200k miles. We have 93k miles of family memories.

I think you are misreading the numbers. Those are the percentages of each particular model, not the percentage of ALL vehicles. You can't add the percentages.

[APT]

GM Full sized SUVs (Tahoe/Suburban/Yukon/XL) 14% of vehicles over 200k miles. We have 93k miles of family memories.

[SouthpawHD]

Kinda sad that the best truck has ONLY 6% of them get 200k miles.

Even sadder for cars at around 2%.

Noting to be proud of.

[vjstangelo]

I'm gonna vote for the Ford V10. We towed our TT all over America, including 3 round trips from VA to Yellowstone, with our V10 powered Excursion no problems with the motor. It has been retired for the Class A Winnebago, F53 V10.

The transmission is another matter. The 4R100 transmission on the Excursion is a dog compared to the torqshift 5R110 on the Winnebago. I think the Chevy Allison with the 8.1 beats the V10 with the 4R100.

Anyway, the V10 gets my vote.

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garyp4951 wrote:
Wow, I guess the commercials have been wrong.

Oh, come on! Don't destroy my faith in truth in advertising. :B

[Lessmore]

JAC1982 wrote:

Lessmore wrote:

JAC1982 wrote:
I feel like GM and Ford have switched places in the past 10-15 years though (especially after the bailout). Ford has stepped up their game, whereas GM has declined. 15 years ago, it was different. So, I guess we'll see how this list looks in 15 years from now 🙂

This is just anecdotal evidence, but earlier this year, my 2016 Explorer was getting body work done on it, and they gave me a GMC Acadia rental car. The difference in quality and handling was like night and day. The GMC felt cheap on the interior, and had "mushy" handling. I didn't find it pleasant to drive. I couldn't speak to the engine because mine is a Sport with the EcoBoost 3.5, and the Acadia was just an NA engine. I looked up the pricing on it, and it was comparable to the Explorer of the same trim level. Not sure why anybody would buy one over the other other than brand loyalty.

We bought new, a 2015 Chevy Impala LT, 3.6 V6 with the new style body. We've driven on long trips and day in, day out as a regular vehicle. Our winters go down to 30-35 below...sometimes colder (-40) and our summer temps go up to about 90-95 F. Roads here are in a word...terrible.

So far....nothing....I mean nothing...has gone wrong with it....touch wood.

As far as Fords go...not a lot of current experience with them. We did consider a new 2015 Ford Explorer with the non aspirated 3.5 liter V6 and AWD.

We chose the Impala, but I wouldn't of had any issues with choosing the Explorer.


I had a friend who bought a new Asian made vehicle...nothing but big issues after 3 years of ownership. He eventually traded it in.

A family member bought a new North American made 4WD SUV...all sorts of problems.

So who knows really. Is it sometimes just a question of Russian roulette and you pays your money and you takes your choice...and then hope for the best ?

Sometimes you get a lemon, sometimes you get a good vehicle, no matter the make. Most of my vehicles over the past 50 years have been mostly ok. Had some real stinkers though. I've had many different makes....American made, Asian, European.

I think the best way to do things for me,after all my vehicle experience is...if you can afford it...then buy new, get the factory extended warranty, trade it in just before the warranty is over. Start again.

See, and we had an Impala rental car, brand new, 400 miles on it, and we didn't like it either. We also have a 2016 Fusion Titanium with the 4 cyl Eco Boost which we purchased used with 25,000 miles on it and I felt like the Impala didn't even compare.... now, slightly different vehicle class, but I just didn't feel like Impala stacked up. It's fine on it's own, but not in comparison.

You can't compare the Impala rental car with my Impala. The Impala rental car is called the 'Impala Limited' and is based on the old Impala platform that has been around since 2000. The 'Limited' is still built for fleet orders only, such as Taxis, police package cars, rental fleets.

My Impala is a newer design built on the Upsilon 11 platform, designed in Europe with a lot of Opel of Germany involvement. Completely different car, but GM by using the same name...with the exception of the 'Limited' moniker certainly doesn't make things clear.

The newer Buick sedan...LaCrosse and some Cadillac models are also based on this newer GM platform.

The 'new' Impala platform...again NOT the Impala Limited fleet order (Taxi, Police, Rental) has accumulated a number of accolades from consumer magazines and enthusiast magazines.

By calling two different platforms....one platform a newer design premium platform and the other an old, past it's prime platform (actually known as the W platform)...is a typical GM marketing blunder.

They make some real good cars but their marketing sometimes just causes 😞 huge confusion among the consumer.

[Hybridhunter]

Tyler0215 wrote:
This is a worthless article. Any vehicle will last with proper maintenance.

LOL - you must be real gentle on your stuff. Those of us who use them to their potential, who have owned all brands, know that is not even close to true.

[JAC1982]

Tyler0215 wrote:
This is a worthless article. Any vehicle will last with proper maintenance.

Yup, my stepdad had a late 90s Honda accord with 290,000 miles on it before it finally gave out. He took good care of it, and it took good care of him. And, even with a bad engine, he still sold it for $1,500 🙂

[JAC1982]

Lessmore wrote:

JAC1982 wrote:
I feel like GM and Ford have switched places in the past 10-15 years though (especially after the bailout). Ford has stepped up their game, whereas GM has declined. 15 years ago, it was different. So, I guess we'll see how this list looks in 15 years from now 🙂

This is just anecdotal evidence, but earlier this year, my 2016 Explorer was getting body work done on it, and they gave me a GMC Acadia rental car. The difference in quality and handling was like night and day. The GMC felt cheap on the interior, and had "mushy" handling. I didn't find it pleasant to drive. I couldn't speak to the engine because mine is a Sport with the EcoBoost 3.5, and the Acadia was just an NA engine. I looked up the pricing on it, and it was comparable to the Explorer of the same trim level. Not sure why anybody would buy one over the other other than brand loyalty.

We bought new, a 2015 Chevy Impala LT, 3.6 V6 with the new style body. We've driven on long trips and day in, day out as a regular vehicle. Our winters go down to 30-35 below...sometimes colder (-40) and our summer temps go up to about 90-95 F. Roads here are in a word...terrible.

So far....nothing....I mean nothing...has gone wrong with it....touch wood.

As far as Fords go...not a lot of current experience with them. We did consider a new 2015 Ford Explorer with the non aspirated 3.5 liter V6 and AWD.

We chose the Impala, but I wouldn't of had any issues with choosing the Explorer.


I had a friend who bought a new Asian made vehicle...nothing but big issues after 3 years of ownership. He eventually traded it in.

A family member bought a new North American made 4WD SUV...all sorts of problems.

So who knows really. Is it sometimes just a question of Russian roulette and you pays your money and you takes your choice...and then hope for the best ?

Sometimes you get a lemon, sometimes you get a good vehicle, no matter the make. Most of my vehicles over the past 50 years have been mostly ok. Had some real stinkers though. I've had many different makes....American made, Asian, European.

I think the best way to do things for me,after all my vehicle experience is...if you can afford it...then buy new, get the factory extended warranty, trade it in just before the warranty is over. Start again.

See, and we had an Impala rental car, brand new, 400 miles on it, and we didn't like it either. We also have a 2016 Fusion Titanium with the 4 cyl Eco Boost which we purchased used with 25,000 miles on it and I felt like the Impala didn't even compare.... now, slightly different vehicle class, but I just didn't feel like Impala stacked up. It's fine on it's own, but not in comparison.

[ShinerBock]

Two things!

1. That is from 2016 and if you look at the same list for 2017 then none of those trucks are on it.

2. Look real closely on how iSeecars collects this data. They exclude any vehicles not currently being built in 2015 which by default would exclude Dodge Rams since they don't make them any more as of 2010 and they are just Ram now. They then compare how many vehicles of each model have over 200,000 miles versus how many are total of that model. In order for a Ram to be on this list, there would have to be a lot of people that put over 200,000 miles in just 5 years which is highly unlikely being that the average person only puts 15,000-20,000 miles per year on their vehicle.

[garyp4951]

Wow, I guess the commercials have been wrong.

[TurnThePage]

Tyler0215 wrote:
This is a worthless article. Any vehicle will last with proper maintenance.

Yup!

[Tyler0215]

This is a worthless article. Any vehicle will last with proper maintenance.

[Lessmore]

JAC1982 wrote:
I feel like GM and Ford have switched places in the past 10-15 years though (especially after the bailout). Ford has stepped up their game, whereas GM has declined. 15 years ago, it was different. So, I guess we'll see how this list looks in 15 years from now 🙂

This is just anecdotal evidence, but earlier this year, my 2016 Explorer was getting body work done on it, and they gave me a GMC Acadia rental car. The difference in quality and handling was like night and day. The GMC felt cheap on the interior, and had "mushy" handling. I didn't find it pleasant to drive. I couldn't speak to the engine because mine is a Sport with the EcoBoost 3.5, and the Acadia was just an NA engine. I looked up the pricing on it, and it was comparable to the Explorer of the same trim level. Not sure why anybody would buy one over the other other than brand loyalty.

We bought new, a 2015 Chevy Impala LT, 3.6 V6 with the new style body. We've driven on long trips and day in, day out as a regular vehicle. Our winters go down to 30-35 below...sometimes colder (-40) and our summer temps go up to about 90-95 F. Roads here are in a word...terrible.

So far....nothing....I mean nothing...has gone wrong with it....touch wood.

As far as Fords go...not a lot of current experience with them. We did consider a new 2015 Ford Explorer with the non aspirated 3.5 liter V6 and AWD.

We chose the Impala, but I wouldn't of had any issues with choosing the Explorer.


I had a friend who bought a new Asian made vehicle...nothing but big issues after 3 years of ownership. He eventually traded it in.

A family member bought a new North American made 4WD SUV...all sorts of problems.

So who knows really. Is it sometimes just a question of Russian roulette and you pays your money and you takes your choice...and then hope for the best ?

Sometimes you get a lemon, sometimes you get a good vehicle, no matter the make. Most of my vehicles over the past 50 years have been mostly ok. Had some real stinkers though. I've had many different makes....American made, Asian, European.

I think the best way to do things for me,after all my vehicle experience is...if you can afford it...then buy new, get the factory extended warranty, trade it in just before the warranty is over. Start again.

[JAC1982]

I feel like GM and Ford have switched places in the past 10-15 years though (especially after the bailout). Ford has stepped up their game, whereas GM has declined. 15 years ago, it was different. So, I guess we'll see how this list looks in 15 years from now 🙂

This is just anecdotal evidence, but earlier this year, my 2016 Explorer was getting body work done on it, and they gave me a GMC Acadia rental car. The difference in quality and handling was like night and day. The GMC felt cheap on the interior, and had "mushy" handling. I didn't find it pleasant to drive. I couldn't speak to the engine because mine is a Sport with the EcoBoost 3.5, and the Acadia was just an NA engine. I looked up the pricing on it, and it was comparable to the Explorer of the same trim level. Not sure why anybody would buy one over the other other than brand loyalty.